Heiligohmdlied (d.h. Heiligabendlied).
Hamburg/Leipzig: Erich Matthes, Hartenstein, n.d. (1920s). First edition. Original decorated and hand-colored label over boards. oblong 16mo (4.75" x 3"), pp. (21). Text in (low) German, with 9 handcolored, letter-press printed images. Book layout by Joachim Romann, Offenbach/Main; printed by Friedrich Wagner,Duderstadt; hand colored by Ernst Schauer, Leipzig. The first Strophe (in Plattdeutsch) is set to music on the last page, before the collophon. Near Fine. Item #5543
A lovely example of 1920s letter press work, here as a "Gesamtkunstwerk" limited edition collaboration between a series of skilled bookmen. The original text was concluded "vor etwa hundert Jahren." OCLC locates only one copy, presumably not this version ("Baerenreiterdruck von 1923), at NYPL. Of utmost scarcity and desirability. A lovely example of low German dialect, letter press work, in period coloration, here in a wonderful children's Christmas story.
Price: $350.00